Wondering how to use Sermon in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as preaching or speech.
Sermon meaning
- Religious discourse; a written or spoken address on a religious or moral matter.
- A lengthy speech of reproval.
Using Sermon
- The main meaning on this page is: Religious discourse; a written or spoken address on a religious or moral matter. | A lengthy speech of reproval.
- Useful related words include: preaching, speech, discourse, address.
- In the example corpus, sermon often appears in combinations such as: the sermon, sermon on, his sermon.
Context around Sermon
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 9 start, 10 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Sermon
- In this selection, "sermon" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, first, edwards, awakening, continues, writers and says stand out and add context to how "sermon" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 7 and sermon on the and a short sermon and prayer. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "sermon" sits close to words such as agile, bismarck and brunt, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with sermon
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Black Sherif gained popularity in 2021 with his song ‘First Sermon,’ which he released that May. (16 words)
Ms. K. Michelle ate and left no crumbs with her sermon on never accepting bullf—kery. (16 words)
Muslims congregate to attend a short sermon and prayer and to wish each other Happy Eid. (16 words)
Eagles make room on the roster following injuries from Thursday night’s gameThe Eagles have some extra time before their Week 3 matchup, and freed up roster space by releasing Rashaan Evans from the PS and waiving Trey Sermon from IR. (41 words)
I preached my first sermon at the age of 12. I began “every Sunday” preaching at 16. It is one of the greatest honors of my life to preach the Word, but still does not ultimately define who I am. (40 words)
Murray’s collaboration with Erick Sermon on the song “Hostile” and his high-profile guest appearances on remixes for artists like LL Cool J and Mary J. Blige further cemented his status as a rising star in Hip Hop. (39 words)
Example sentences (20)
They didn't - today in their speech, they gave a Friday prayer and sort of a message, like, a sermon - it is a sermon - they didn't - said look; we can't tell you what to do.
Edwards' sermon continues to be the leading example of a Great Awakening sermon and is still used in religious and academic studies.
Even as he lay dying during Lent in 1631, he rose from his sickbed and delivered the Death's Duel sermon, which was later described as his own funeral sermon.
These groups, along with other Christians opposed to capital punishment, have cited Christ 's Sermon on the Mount (transcribed in Matthew Chapter 5–7) and Sermon on the Plain (transcribed in Luke 6:17–49).
Among sermon writers, there is fascination – and unease – over the fast-expanding abilities of artificial-intelligence chatbots.
As the sermon was being preached, he would loudly exclaim amen and praise you, Jesus, with sincere enthusiasm.
Bandmate Wayne Sermon says that fans have repeatedly shared their hypotheses about what the phrase is, “Gemini is So Grand,” “Aged Men’s Radio,” “Ragged Insomnia” and “God is in a Manger” are among the guesses.
Black Sherif gained popularity in 2021 with his song ‘First Sermon,’ which he released that May.
Eagles make room on the roster following injuries from Thursday night’s gameThe Eagles have some extra time before their Week 3 matchup, and freed up roster space by releasing Rashaan Evans from the PS and waiving Trey Sermon from IR.
For instance, the opening moment of the drama shows the priest reading aloud a sermon as the family send off their last three offspring (Vic, Tam, and Freddie) in a joint service.
He added that all political leaders and activists are also not allowed to lead and deliver the Friday sermon in mosques as well as deliver religious talks without the council's permission.
He delivered a yearly sermon at the church where I served as pastor in Beaverton, Oregon, for about 50 years.
He expressed hope that those listening to his sermon on Sunday would live to see the 200th anniversary of St. Eugene’s in 50 years time.
In the sermon, Gumi said the first coup d’etat in Nigeria was carried out by top Christian army officers.
In the sermon on the Mount in Matthew 5:44, the Lord Jesus Christ commanded us to love our enemies and pray for those who persecute us that we may be the sons of our Father in heaven.
I preached my first sermon at the age of 12. I began “every Sunday” preaching at 16. It is one of the greatest honors of my life to preach the Word, but still does not ultimately define who I am.
Jones said he was rocked by the sermon, but he was on board, much to King's delight.
Ms. K. Michelle ate and left no crumbs with her sermon on never accepting bullf—kery.
Murray’s collaboration with Erick Sermon on the song “Hostile” and his high-profile guest appearances on remixes for artists like LL Cool J and Mary J. Blige further cemented his status as a rising star in Hip Hop.
Muslims congregate to attend a short sermon and prayer and to wish each other Happy Eid.
Common combinations with sermon
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the sermon 41×
- sermon on 24×
- his sermon 19×
- sermon at 15×
- sermon from 7×
- sermon of 7×
- sermon in 6×
- sermon and 5×
- friday sermon 5×
- sermon to 5×